Please email Rich Deakin rdeakin@glos.ac.uk , or fchmediaservices@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
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Saturday 12th November
Factual; Life Stories; Documentaries
Arena: George Harrison - Living in the Material World
BBC1, 9:45-11:20pm, 1/2
Arena broadcasts the UK television premiere of Martin Scorsese's portrait of the late George Harrison.
Scorsese traces Harrison's life from his beginnings in Liverpool to becoming a world-famous musician, philanthropist and filmmaker, weaving together interviews with George and his closest friends, photographs and archive footage including live performances - much of it previously unseen.
The result is a rare glimpse into the mind of one of the most talented artists of his generation.
Part one looks at George's early years in The Beatles - from their first gigs in Hamburg and the beginning of Beatlemania, through to his psychedelic phase and involvement in religion and Indian music.
The programme includes contributions from Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, Sir George Martin and Phil Spector.
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Sunday 13th November
News; Performances and Events
Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph
BBC1, 10:25am-12:15pm
Her Majesty the Queen leads the nation's Remembrance Sunday commemorations. Dignitaries from around the Commonwealth, the prime minister, leading politicians, representatives of many of the world's religions and military leaders join thousands of veterans from countless conflicts for the two minute silence, service and march past. All gather to remember those men and women who have died in action serving their country.
Factual; Life Stories; Documentaries
Arena: George Harrison - Living in the Material World
BBC1, 9:45-11:20pm, 2/2
Factual; History; Documentaries
Timewatch: Beatlemania
Documentary which tells the inside story of the rise and fall of Beatlemania, using previously unseen archive footage and interviews with those who accompanied the Beatles on tour.
By 1966 they had played over 1,400 gigs, toured the world four times and sold the equivalent of 200 million records. At the height of their popularity, and without warning, they pulled the plug and never toured again.
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Monday 14th November
News
Panorama: Meet The Burglars
BBC1, 8:30-9:00pm
SynopsisVictims of burglary and other crimes are increasingly being offered the opportunity to meet the criminals who offended against them, in a controversial scheme aimed at empowering victims and potentially cut levels of re-offending among former prisoners.
Panorama reporter Raphael Rowe goes into a jail to witness a tense encounter between two young women and the youth who broke into their home while they slept.
Meetings between victims and offenders have proved to be remarkably successful in cutting reoffending and allowing victims to recover far more quickly. The government wants to see more of these restorative justice meetings used in the criminal justice system following all types of crimes.
Another victim of a horrific attack reveals to Panorama how her true motive in agreeing to meet her burglar was to get revenge and kill him.
Documentaries
Confessions of an Undercover Cop
Channel 4, 9:00-10:00pm
With exclusive access to Mark Kennedy, Britain's most controversial undercover police officer, this gripping and revelatory documentary tells the definitive, inside story of Mark Stone/Kennedy.
Directed by BAFTA Award-winner Brian Hill and narrated by Kennedy, the Cutting Edge film, coming soon to Channel 4, also features interviews with the police to reconstruct the story of how Mark Kennedy went from being a regular south London police officer, with a wife and two children, to becoming Mark Stone.
This was Mark the environmental campaigner, militant activist and undercover cop who broke into power stations, learned how to make bombs, infiltrated groups hell-bent on attacking major corporations and stood arm-in-arm with anti-capitalist anarchists.
He also had a relationship with a female activist for four years and was even beaten up by fellow police officers who were unaware he was undercover. All the time he was feeding intelligence back to his handlers.
Now, with his cover blown, he lives in fear for his life. He is separated from his wife and family. The woman he fell deeply in love with as Mark Stone never wants to see him again.
For the first time, Kennedy is returning to face up to himself, his actions and to the people who claim he betrayed them.
Factual; Arts, Culture and the Media; Documentaries
Art of America
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm, 1/3 - Looking For Paradise
n the first episode of a series exploring the history of American art, Andrew Graham-Dixon embarks on an epic journey from east to west, following in the footsteps of the pioneers who built the foundations of modern America.
During his journey, he travels to Massachusetts to see the earliest portraits in America depicting the Puritan settlers and visits Pennsylvania to uncover the dark truth behind Benjamin West's most famous painting, the spectacular Treaty of Penn with the Indians. In Philadelphia, he turns the pages of one of the world's most expensive books - John James Audubon's exquisite Birds of America, and explores the wilderness that inspired America's greatest landscape painter, Thomas Cole.
He also uncovers the paradox at the heart of America: that progress and innovation have come at a tragic price, the destruction of the unique cultural heritage of Native Americans by European settlers.
Andrew's journey takes us to the end of the 19th century and the announcement that the era of westward expansion was officially over.
Factual; Arts, Culture and the Media; Crime and Justice
Storyville: Billion Dollar Art Heist
BBC4, 10:00-11:30pm
Documentary which chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private art collection valued at more than $25bn. In 1922, Dr Albert C Barnes formed a remarkable educational institution around his priceless collection of art, located just five miles outside of Philadelphia. Now, more than 50 years after Barnes's death, a powerful group of moneyed interests have gone to court for control of the art, intending to bring it to a new museum in Philadelphia. Standing in their way is a group of Barnes's former students and his will, which contains strict instructions stating the foundation should always be an educational institution and that the paintings may never be removed. Will politics prevail over a man's dying wishes?
Documentaries
The Man Who Forged America
BBC4, 11:30pm-12:30am
Mark Hofmann is the greatest forger of the 20th century. In the 1980s he forged historic American and Mormon documents that fooled the world's best experts. As well as making money, many of his forgeries had a darker purpose - to undermine and ridicule the institution that had dominated his life - the Mormon Church.
On 15 October 1985, Hofmann's crimes reached another level when he murdered two innocent people. This film explores the complex motivations behind his forgery and the pressures that drove him to become a killer.
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Tuesday 15th November
Factual; Arts, Culture and the Media; Documentaries
Imagine... Alan Ayckbourn: Greetings from Scarborough
BBC1, 10:35-11:45pm
In Imagine: Alan Ayckbourn – Greetings From Scarborough, Alan meets playwright and director Alan Ayckbourn as he unveils his 75th play, Neighbourhood Watch. Ayckbourn is often described as the world's most performed living playwright and his work has been translated into more than 35 languages, and in this fascinating programme Alan Yentob uncovers what lies beneath the writer's tragi-comic characters. He also speaks to some of the actors and directors who have worked with Ayckbourn, including Sir Peter Hall, Michael Gambon, Richard Briers, Catherine Tate and Alain Resnais.
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Wednesday 16th November
Factual
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
Returning from his successful BBC Four documentary The Dirty South, comedian Rich Hall embarks on a new journey across America to explore the symbolism of the classic road movie.
Cruising through the breathtaking badlands of South Dakota to the mountains of Montana, Rich follows in the famous Thunderbird tyre tracks of Thelma And Louise and serial killer classic Natural Born Killers, as well as Vanishing Point, Badlands, Lost In America, Easy Rider and Sugarland Express, to name a few.
This seductive exploration of the open road leads him on an inspiring journey of freedom and escapism, as he chases the horizon, discovering why the combination of road and rubber had become so iconic.
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters is not only a visual feast, but also a fascinating insight into classic Americana and the history of the American highway system.
With historians, motel experts and interstate scholars joining him on his captivating journey, and with a remarkable mixture of history, symbolism, wit and classic clips, viewers can sit back, enjoy – and let Rich do the driving.
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Thursday 17th November
News
Tonight: Waking Up To Insomnia
ITV1, 7:30-8:00pm
No programme information yet
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Friday 18th November
News; Current Affairs
Unreported World - India's Child Savers
ITV1, 7:30-7:55pm
Reporter Evan Williams and Director James Brabazon journey to the dark side of India's booming economy, where they that find thousands of children are being kidnapped into domestic slavery for the growing middle class and businesses; and the growth of a deadly new terror: children being kidnapped for ransom by those desperate to share some of the country's new wealth. Across India more than 60,000 children go missing every year; in Delhi alone seven children go missing every day. Williams and Brabazon discover that the capital has become a major destination and transit point for tens of thousands of children being trafficked into forced labour, prostitution, begging and drug running. And India's boom appears to be fueling the trade in children.
Criminology; Crime and Justice
Real Crime With Mark Austin: The Jigsaw Killer
ITV4, 9:00-10:00pm
The case of `jigsaw killer' Stephen Marshall, who murdered businessman Jeffrey Howe in March 2009 and scattered his body parts in locations around Hertfordshire and Leicestershire. Featuring interviews with police officers involved, the programme reveals how the grisly case was solved, with Marshall sentenced to life imprisonment in February 2010 and his girlfriend Sarah Bush jailed for three years and nine months for perverting the course of justice.
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*This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.
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